Released by New Line in 1998, “Blade” saw huge financial success, with a $131 million worldwide gross — which was quite an achievement for a superhero film at the time (let alone an R-rated one).

Snipes previously said he’d like to do a “Blade 4” while doing press for his now-cancelled NBC show “The Player” last year. “There’s always a possibility, you know. It’s in Marvel’s hands. They’re controlling the pace and the flow with that. Conversations have been good. They see the value in it. We see the value in it,” Snipes said at the time. “I’m still in shape enough and fit enough to handle the role. We’ll see how it goes. I don’t really know what’s going to happen to it yet.”

Prior to that, Snipes told reporters at SDCC last year that he had met with Marvel to discuss returning to the role: “The project is controlled by Marvel and we did have a really productive and a wonderful meeting and we discussed a number of things,” Snipes told Deadline. “I don’t know where it’s on their schedule at this point, that hasn’t been decided. I guess it’s still up in the air.”

As of now, there’s no word on a new “Blade” film or TV series in development…